W B Yeats MCQs [English Literature & Famous Authors]

Collection of important MCQs on W B Yeats

On the marble table-top.” This line is taken from which of the following poem of Yeats?

(A) Byzantium

(B) Blood and the Moon

(C) Coole Park

(D) Vacillation

Question’s Answer: Vacillation

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The symbols used by W.B. Yeats are difficult to understand because:

(A) They are too intricate

(B) They are derived from Scottish legends

(C) They are derived from obscure Irish mythology

(D) They are derived from unfamous sources

Question’s Answer: They are derived from obscure Irish mythology

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“My fiftieth year had come and gone,

I sat a solitary man,

In a crowded London shop,

An open book and empty cup

W.B. Yeats was a ______ .

(A) Anglo-Scotch poet

(B) Anglo-Indian poet

(C) Anglo-Roman poet

(D) Anglo-Irish poet

Question’s Answer: Anglo-Irish poet

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What is Yeats’s The Land of Heart’s Desire?

(A) A drama in One Act

(B) A drama in three Acts

(C) A long narrative poem

(D) A prose treatise

Question’s Answer: A drama in One Act

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What is Yeats’s Ideas of Good and Evil?

(A) A Collection of Lyrics

(B) A Collection of essays

(C) A Collection of tales

(D) A Collection of Odes

Question’s Answer: A Collection of essays

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Which is a poem not created and written by  Yeats?

(A) The Statues

(B) A Bronze Head

(C) The Untilled Field

(D) Vacillation

Question’s Answer: The Untilled Field

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“Wisdom is the property of the dead,

A something incomparable with life;

and power Like everything that has the stain of blood,

A property of the living.”

This line is taken from which of the following  poem of Yeats?

(A) The Three Bushes

(B) Lapis Lazuli

(C) The Gyres

(D) A Prayer for Old Age

Question’s Answer: A Prayer for Old Age

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Countess Cathleen is a drama written by Yeats. In what linguistic form is it written?

(A) In Rhyming Verse

(B) In prose

(C) In prose-poetry

(D) In Free Verse

Question’s Answer: In prose

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Is Yeats primarily a-

(A) Satirist

(B) Imagist

(C) Symbolist

(D) Idealist

Question’s Answer: Symbolist

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“… for peace comes dropping slow, Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings.”

This line is taken from which of the following  poem?

(A) Byzantium

(B) Coole Park

(C) The Secret Rose

(D) The Lake Isle of Innisfree

Question’s Answer: The Lake Isle of Innisfree

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Yeats’s poem When You Are Old is addressed to:

(A) His wife

(B) His sister

(C) Robert Bridges

(D) His beloved Maud Gonne

Question’s Answer: His beloved Maud Gonne

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What is the idea/theme  of Sailing to Byzantium?

(A) Mortality of man

(C) A Utopian vision

(B) Land of ideal vision

(D) Eternity of life

Question’s Answer: Eternity of life

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What is Yeats’s Reveries Over Childhood and Youth?

(A) An autobiographical treatise

(B) A satirical treatise

(C) A reflective treatise

(D) A prose-work

Question’s Answer: An autobiographical treatise

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Which is a poem written by Yeats?

(A) Esther Waters

(B) The Day’s Work

(C) Palicio

(D) The Second Coming

Question’s Answer: The Second Coming

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W.B. Yeats has written a poem The Lake Isle of Innisfree. Where is Innisfree situated?

(A) It is only an imaginary Island

(B) It is situated near the eastern coast of England

(C) It is situated in Lough Gill

(D) It is situated near the western coast of England

Question’s Answer: It is situated in Lough Gill

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Yeats’s poem Coole Park is related with the poet’s association with which of the following?

(A) The poet’s old-age memories

(B) Irish social life

(C) Lady Gregory

(D) The poet’s zest for life

Question’s Answer: Lady Gregory

One of the most important symbols is in Yeats’ poems is:
(a) Sky symbol
(b) Child symbol
(c) Bird’s symbol
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Bird’s symbol

Arthur Simons dedicated his book The Symbolist Movement in Literature to:
(a) T.S Eliot
(b) Ezra Pound
(c) W.B. Yeats
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: W.B. Yeats

In Yeats’ poems, “Rose” symbolizes:
(a) Creativity
(b) Apparent Beauty
(c) Intellectual Beauty
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Intellectual Beauty

Which is not the work of Yeats?
(a) The Second Coming
(b) The Waste Land
(c) Among School Children
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: The Waste Land

In the poem “Among School Children” by Yeats ‘Dance’ is the symbol of:
(a) Beauty
(b) Calm
(c) Calm
(c) Unity
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Unity

In Yeats’ Poem “Sailing To Byzantium”, “Byzantium” is the symbol of:
(a) Perfect world
(b) Unity
(c) Beauty
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Perfect world

W.B. Yeats’ parents were:
(a) Painters
(b) Doctors
(c) Engineers
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Painters

Which following is not the contemporary of W.B. Yeats?
(a) Chaucer
(b) T.S. Eliot
(c) Ezra Pound
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Chaucer

Yeats pass away in:
(a) Germany
(b) America
(c) France
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: France

Who was Lady Gregory?
(a) Callaborator of Yeats
(b) Yeats’ Sister
(c) Yeats’ Mother
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Callaborator of Yeats

One of the earlier poems of W.B. Yeats is:
(a) The Mask
(b) In the Serene Woods
(c) The Tower
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: In the Serene Woods

W.B. Yeats was influenced by:
(a) TS Eliot
(b) W.H. Auden
(c) Ezra Pound
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Ezra Pound

Yeats got married when he was:
(a) Fifty-one
(b) Fifty-three
(c) Fifty-two
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Fifty-two

Yeats was a member of the Irish:
(a) Senate
(b) Assembly
(c) Parliament
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Senate

Yeats stupass away at the School of Art in:
(a) Dublin
(b) France
(c) America
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Dublin

In “Among School Children” while thinking of Maud Gonne being old, Yeats started thinking of his:
(a) Old Age
(b) Childhood
(c) Youth
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Youth

Aristotle was the tutor of:
(a) Alexander the Great
(b) Socrates
(c) Plato
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Alexander the Great

Yeats’ poetic career spans the period of:
(a) Seventy years
(b) Sixty years
(c) Over fifty years
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Over fifty years

Which school Yeats visited in 1926?
(a) Stafford School
(b) Beacon House
(c) Waterford Convent
(d) Inn School
Question’s Answer: Waterford Convent

With whom Yeats compared Maud Gonne in his poem ” Among School Children”?
(a) Cleopatra
(b) Helen
(c) Mona Liza
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Helen

The “Second Phase” of Yeats poetry is from:
(a) 1901 to 1914
(b) 1903 to 1913
(c) 1902 to 1912
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: 1903 to 1913

The “Third Phase” of Yeats poetry is from:
(a) 1915 to 1910
(b) 1914 to the mid of 1928
(c) 1915 to 1920
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: 1914 to the mid of 1928

The girl students in the classrooms reminded Yeats’ of:
(a) Lady Gregory
(b) Anne
(c) Maud Gonne
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Maud Gonne

W.B. Yeats pass away in:
(a) 1950
(b) 1930
(c) 1940
(d) 1939
Question’s Answer: 1939

The “Fourth Phase” of Yeats poetry is from:
(a) 1929 to 1940
(b) The mid of 1928 to 1939
(c) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: The mid of 1928 to 1939

When did the last work of “Collected Plays” of Yeats was published?
(a) 1951
(b) 1954
(c) 1953
(d) 1952
Question’s Answer: 1952

W.B. Yeats was born in:
(a) 1880
(b) 1870
(c) 1875
(d) 1865
Question’s Answer: 1865

Who is the author of the “The Second Coming”?
(a) E. Spencer
(b) W.B. Yeats
(c) TS Eliot
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: W.B. Yeats

W.B. Yeats was a:
(a) Dramatist
(b) Poet and Dramatist
(c) Novelist
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Poet and Dramatist

Yeats’ poem “A Vision” is:
(a) Political
(b) Mystic
(c) Romantic
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Mystic

What is the theme of Yeats’ Poem “Sailing To Byzantium”?
(a) Mysticism
(b) Love
(c) Old Age
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Old Age

The subject of Yeats’ poem “September 1913” is:
(a) Romance
(b) Mythology
(c) Politics
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Politics

WB. Yeats belonged to the:
(a) 20th Century
(b) 19th Century
(c) 18th Century
(d) 17th Century
Question’s Answer: 20th Century

The last poems of Yeats are steeped in:
(a) Politics
(b) Mysticism
(c) Mythology
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Mysticism

Yeats’ Poem, “A Pray for my Daughter” is a:
(a) Political
(b) Personal Poem
(c) Mystic
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Personal Poem

Mythology which Yeats used in his early poems was derived from:
(a) Roman Mythology
(b) Greek Mythology
(c) Irish Heroic Legends
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Irish Heroic Legends

Yeats’ poem “Easter 1916” deals with the:
(a) Beauty of Maud Gonne
(b) Contemporary history of Ireland
(c) Rise and fall of civilization
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Contemporary history of Ireland

The “Nobel Prize for Literature” was given to Yeats in:
(a) 1926
(b) 1924
(c) 1925
(d) 1923
Question’s Answer: 1923

Aristotle and Plato were:
(a) Philosophers
(b) Writers
(c) Doctors
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Philosophers

The main theme of Yeats’ poem “Among School Children” is:
(a) Love
(b) Old age
(c) Relationship of matter and spirit
(d) None of A, B, and C
Relationship of matter and spirit

How many stanzas are there in the poem “Among School Children”?
(a) Five stanzas
(b) Nine stanzas
(c) Eight stanzas
(d) None of A, B, and C
Eight stanzas

In the last stanza of ‘Among School Children’ Yeats compared life to:
(a) Bird
(b) Heaven
(c) A Chestnut Tree
(d) None of A, B, and C
A Chestnut Tree

Plato explained the world as the:
(a) Hell
(b) Shadow of God’s ideas
(c) Heaven
(d) None of A, B, and C
Shadow of God’s ideas

“Sailing To Byzantium” was proudly written by:
(a) T.S. Eliot
(b) W.B. Yeats
(c) John Keats
(d) None of A, B, and C
W.B. Yeats

“Pure Poetry” is:
(a) Romantic Poetry
(b) Free from the exterior decoration
(c) Sad Poetry
(d) None of A, B, and C
Free from the exterior decoration

To appreciate Yeats poems one has to be fully conversant with the
(a) Irish Background
(b) Background
(c) American Background
(d) None of A, B, and C
Irish Background

In the last lines of Among School Children” Yeats talked the need of a proper fusion:
(a) Between Body and Soul
(b) Between outer and inner beauty
(c) Between labour and spontaneity
(d) None of A, B, and C
Between labour and spontaneity

The first eight lines of “The Second Coming” sum up the situation of the world after:
(a) World War II
(b) World War-I
(c) (a) & (b)
(d) None of A, B, and C
World War-I

How many women, who influenced Yeats’ poems, came in his life?
(a) One
(b) Five
(c) Four
(d) Two
Two

“Istanbul” was the capital of:
(a) Greece
(b) Roman Empire
(c) France
(d) None of A, B, and C
Roman Empire

How many stanzas are there in ‘Sailing to Byzantium”Y
(a) Four stanzas
(b) Three stanzas
(c) Five stanzag
(d) None of A, B, and C
Four stanzas

Yeats’ beloved name was:
(a) Mary
(b) Maud Gonn
(c) Elizabeth
(d) None of A, B, and C
Maud Gonne

Yeats started writing “Pure Poetry” under Influence of:
(a) The Greek Symbolists
(b) The Roman Symbolists
(c) The French Symbolist and English Aesthetes
(d) None of A, B, and C
The French Symbolist and English Aesthetes

“Byzantium is the old name of
(a) Rome
(b) Greece
(c) Istanbul
(d) None of A, B, and C
Istanbul

Yeats’ poetry can be divided into:
(a) Four phases
(b) Three phases
(c) Two phases
(d) None of A, B, and C
Four phases

The “First Phase” of Yeats poetry is from:
(a) 1886 to 1902
(b) 1885 to 1901
(c) 1885 to 1903
(d) None of A, B, and C
1885 to 1903

How many stanzas are there in “The Second Coming”?
(a) Three stanzas
(b) Two stanzas
(c) Four stanzas
(d) None of A, B, and C
Two stanzas
Yeats poem “The Second Coming” was written in:
(a) 1924
(b) 1922
(c) 1923
(d) 1921
1921

Yeats married in:
(a) 1920
(b) 1918
(c) 1919
(d) 1917
1917

“Responsibilities” by Yeats is the volume of:
(a) Novels
(b) Poems
(c) W.B.Plays
(d) None of A, B, and C
Poems

“The Wind Among the Reeds” was published in which year?
(a) 1899
(b) 1890
(c) 1892
(d) 1900
1899

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